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Lawyer By: Serenity Sewell (Law graduates can expect to earn £54,000…
Lawyer By: Serenity Sewell
Law graduates can expect to earn £54,000 when they walk into their first job and most will see their pay rise by a staggering £25,000 every five years
Lawyers work in law firms. Which is a clean environment.
At a minimum, potential lawyers and attorneys must have a bachelor’s degree and a Jurist Doctor (J.D.) degree.
Lawyers spend a lot of time doing research. To be a good lawyer, a person must be good at finding facts in books, on computers, and in other places. Lawyers also interview people to get information.
Lawyers are also called advocates, attorneys, counsel or solicitor, with slight differences.
Activity sectors: Law, Business
Earliest lawyers existed in the government of Ancient Greece.
About 27 percent of lawyers are self-employed, either as partners in law firms or in solo practices.
US Law students buy $500 worth of books per semester, many of which are hardly used again in professional life.
Many lawyers at top firms work from 60-80 hours a week.
Lawyers are the fourth most well-represented occupational group among the US top 1 percent.
People and companies hire lawyers to give them advice and to tell them what they can and can't do under the law. Sometimes, they hire lawyers to take their side in court against other people or companies, or against the government.
After doing research, lawyers make arguments to show that the people they work for should win in court. Some lawyers speak in court. But many lawyers don't.
Lawyers also spend time writing. They write their arguments. Lawyers also write legal documents like contracts and wills. They need to be very specific.
They communicate with their clients, colleagues, judges and others involved in the case
They prepare and file legal documents, such as lawsuits, appeals, wills, contracts, and deeds
As advocates, they represent one of the parties in criminal or civil trials by presenting evidence and arguing in support of their client.
Lawyers may have different titles and different duties, depending on where they work.
Lawyers have to be ready for anything one of their clients could get in a car wreck and the lawyer would have to have the records of the client and insurance.
Number of jobs: 778,700
A lawyer is a person who practices law, as an advocate, barrister, attorney, counselor or solicitor or chartered legal executive.
